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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2011-01-06 02:08:30 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2011-01-06 02:08:30 (GMT)
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@@ -428,10 +428,10 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
* The :func:`hasattr` function works by calling :func:`getattr` and detecting
whether an exception is raised. This technique allows it to detect methods
created dynamically by :meth:`__getattr__` or :meth:`__getattribute__` which
- would be absent from the class dictionary. Formerly, *hasattr* would catch
- any exception, possibly masking genuine errors in those methods. Now,
- *hasattr* has been tightened to only catch :exc:`AttributeError` and let
- other exceptions pass through.
+ would otherwise be absent from the class dictionary. Formerly, *hasattr*
+ would catch any exception, possibly masking genuine errors. Now, *hasattr*
+ has been tightened to only catch :exc:`AttributeError` and let other
+ exceptions pass through.
(Discovered by Yury Selivanov and fixed by Benjamin Peterson; :issue:`9666`.)
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
(Added by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`9757`.)
-
* Previously it was illegal to delete a name from the local namespace if it
occurs as a free variable in a nested block::